Opinion: Crime Commission to host public-safety forum
Supreintendent Marie Feagins (left), Sheriff Floyd Bonner (center) and Judge Lee Wilson (right) will speak at the public-safety forum. (From left to right: Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file; Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian file; Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Bill Gibbons
Bill Gibbons is president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and executive director of the Public Safety Institute at the University of Memphis. Previously, he was commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and district attorney for Shelby County. He has also served on the Memphis City Council and the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.
The forum will address juvenile crime, bail, truancy and other factors with speakers including representatives from the Memphis Police Department, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, General Sessions Court and the school system.
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